frape
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of frape
see frap
Example Sentences
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Late that evening, when the household supposed him to be in bed, the boy crept down through the moonlit garden to the dinghy which Billy had left on its frape under the cliff.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
On the frape at the alley's end his ferryboat lay moored as he had left it.
From Shining Ferry by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
They found the gig moored there on a frape, dragged her to shore, and tumbled in.
From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Through this ring, no man forbidding him, Mr. Hosken had run a frape, on which he kept his blue boat, now leased to Nicky for a nominal rent of sixpence a week.
From Shining Ferry by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Having, with some difficulty, found the frape, I made the boat fast.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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